which antivirus have you installed at your home

@sarath49 (761)
India
June 30, 2010 8:05pm CST
i have installed avata free version in my PC as for my choice of protection of my PC against virus or malware. what was your choice of antivirus in your PC and are you staisfied with its performance or do you still get attacked by viruses or malware. i suuggest i site where you cn download antivirus for free and that is download.com. there you will get all type of softwares related to anything sometimes demo games too. ho many of you already knew of that site.
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18 responses
@cadguy08 (1224)
• Canada
1 Jul 10
To all of you who use avira , kapersky and other porgram anti virus you should also download a free Malawarebytes and Glary's Utilities which really help a lot in computer surfings. Even you use anitvirus you nedd these program in order for you more safer surfing. I usually run these two program evryday just to make safe. Try it it's free!
@sarath49 (761)
• India
1 Jul 10
yeah thats right beside antivirus it computer reirqire other safety like repairing registry and so..
@llbo1981 (1237)
• China
4 Jul 10
The antivirus installed on my computer are two kinds.One is Rising antivirus.One is 360 antivirus.The Rising antivirus is free to upgrade.360 antivirus is free to upgrade,too.These two kinds of antivirus are enough.
@TexLadyPj (1328)
• United States
2 Jul 10
Herro sarath49 I read all the comments and did not find the one I use. I have used Norton, however did not like it. I use one called Panda now. I get it as part of my RV organization. RV organization also gives me privacy plus, an identity protection program. I get two for the price of one. I have used some of the others you mention. I like Panda, have used it for years. It updates automatically. I can set it to autoscan. I may do that. Oh thanks for reminding me of malware. I thought it would fight with any antivirus program, however have since learned that it performs a different function. I have used spybot in the past. Prosperous mylotting
• India
2 Jul 10
i use avast. I think its very good in detecting viruses in the usb drive. Virus scan is also sufficiently fast.
@paje20 (11)
• Philippines
2 Jul 10
i am using avast! i find it reliable specially in detecting trojan and other malicious files that comes from external sources.
@doug37 (83)
• United States
2 Jul 10
Hi, I use Norton for my antivirus on my pc, and yes I know about download.com becareful on those other sites that offer antivirus that are not creditable or free download games, because when you download them they will give you an virus.
@arkaf61 (10881)
• Canada
1 Jul 10
I have a few different antivirus in my computers. On my desktop I have Nod 32, which has proven to be good. ON my laptops I have avast free as well. I also have a few other programs that work together to keep my computers virus free and clean. I am satisfied with all of them and will continue using them, specially since I don't even remember when I actually did have a virus on my computer. It's important to keep in mind that just downloading an antivirus is not enough, keeping up with updates and staying informed should be part of the "package" :) Usually I prefer to download the software from the original site rather than getting through other places - I know, I am a little paranoid about computer safety LOL
1 Jul 10
I have installed AVG FREE I think it's good at finding viruses.
@Andyvil (793)
• Philippines
1 Jul 10
I have one commercial antivirus which is Norton but doesn't work on all viruses. So I installed more anti virus and anti spyware in my computer. So far I have AVG, Avira, Anti Malware, and Search and Destroy. Each of this security software have their own benefits and I usually use them all when I do a regular maintenance on my cpu.
• India
1 Jul 10
Hi Sarath, I use Avira as it is so handy. Beside i use McAfee toolbar (safe browsing) and Netlimiter, a firewall prog. tht prevents accessing net by any mallware or hidden system processes....
@Jacobus1919 (1683)
• Philippines
1 Jul 10
I currently use Kaspersky. I have been using this brand for around 2 years now and it has been good to me. But, once I get a hold of a Mac.. No more AV softwares for me.
• Philippines
1 Jul 10
I have installed avira free on mine's and my brother's unit. Why is it good, its free! Plus it does not cost huge amount of resources on your pc. I also have Malware bytes Anti malware and Ccleaner. Plus I sometimes make an online virus scan through Dr Web. My first choice is Eset Nod32, but I have not been able to purchase one yet.
@Godesz (10)
• Hungary
1 Jul 10
I use AVG Free, and i havent got any viruses in the last 2 years. You can download it from the official website. But the best way to keep away the newest viruses from your PC is...Linux. Yes, its Linux, because all the viruses made for Windows, can not damage your Linux operating system. I prefer Ubuntu. Same using experience, but safer.;)
@leo2050 (348)
• India
1 Jul 10
I use avast professional edition. It updates twice a day..
@Rainegurl (2156)
• Philippines
1 Jul 10
I have Avira which I downloaded for free I think it is enough to keep my laptop safe. However, I am very careful about downloading files and I do not allow other people's flash drive to placed in my computer to avoid accumulating virus. Have a nice day!
@de_toya (2429)
• Indonesia
1 Jul 10
I have ever installed many various anti virus software in my computer. We can't depend on one anti virus only. Every anti virus software has weakness and advantage compared to others. Once my computer has infected by viruses, I have to find the appropriate anti virus software. My favorite anti virus software when my computer infected is Avast. I can install it in safe mode of Windows XP. Then I scan my computer when booting. It's effective to heal my computer but it doesn't remove all viruses. After scanned using Avast, I remove it and replaced it with McAfee anti virus. I use McAfee anti virus 8.5 and activated maximum protection. This will protect my computer of being installed unwanted software or accessing by unauthorized user. So far, this is the best for me. I always update my anti virus everyday by turn on auto update option. I don't know about download.com. I usually visit softpedia.com to find free or trial program. Perhaps, download.com is similar with softpedia.com.
@abj163 (1037)
• India
1 Jul 10
i use kaspersky internet security...its performance is nice....it works as an internet security and antivirus also....my computer is safe from last 1 year...i am not having any problem from viruses and malware ...but it shows me who is trying to attack my computer and shows his ip address also...it blocks the attacking computer also....i havent formatted my pc since 1 year so i am happy with KIS happy mylotting
@seanah41 (67)
1 Jul 10
I use avira.. so handy.. comprehensive and free..